TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
怨
怨 = 心 + 夗
ㄩㄢˋ · yuàn
verb/noun — to resent, blame; a grudge, resentment
字源 FORM — what the parts do
夗聲yuàn — gives the sound
A heart (心) under 夗, which gives the sound. 夗 is a body lying twisted at evening, unable to rest; the heart that turns and turns and cannot settle is resentment, the grudge that will not lie flat: 怨恨、抱怨、結怨.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
夜裡(夗)那顆心(心)翻過來、又翻過去,怎麼也躺不平。
In the night (夗) the heart (心) turns over, and over again, and will not lie flat.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)怨恨、結怨— resentment, a grudge常用
→抱怨、埋怨— to complain, blame
→怨天尤人— to blame heaven and others
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
恕shùthe lookalike — 恕 sets 如 over the heart (to forgive); 怨 sets over it恩= + 因ēnthe heart pair — 恩 sets 因 over the heart (kindness); 怨 sets (resentment)